Stack-cover



(No Model.)

A. GOOLEY.

STACK COVER.

Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITE S'rA'rns Parent ALBERT OOOLEY, OF OSGEOLA, IOXVA.

STACK-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,638, dated August4, 1

Apnlication filed April 21, 1854. (do model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT CooLnY, of Osceola, in the county of Clarkeand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStack-Covers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an end elevation, partly in section, of my improvement. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a planview of the inner side of one of the sections. Fig. 4 is a plan view ofthe inner side of an adjacent section.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the covering of stacks ofhay and grain to protectthem from the weather.

The invention consists of the combinations of parts and theirconstruction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The cover is formed in sections of any desired length andconvenientwidth. Each section is formed of one or more boards, A, havingcross-bars attached to it near its ends. Upon one side of the cover theboards A have cross-bars B attached to their inner sides at a distancefrom their upper ends equal to the thickness of the said boards, andcross-bars O at any desired distance from theirlowerends. The adjacentsections have crossbars 1) attached to thci r inner sides at a distancefrom their upper ends equal to the thickness of the said boardsincreased by the width of the cross-bars B, and cross-bars E at adistance from their lower ends equal to the distance of the cross-bars Cfrom the lower ends of their boards increased by the width of thecrossbars G, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The correspondingsection-boards, A, for the other side of the cover have the cross'bars Bat a distance from their upper ends equal to the thick ness of the saidcross-bars, and the crossbars I) at a distance from the upper ends ofthe said boards equal to the sum of the width and thickness of the saidbars B. The crossbars B O D E are made of a length equal to twice thewidth of the section-boards A, and are attached to the said boards insuch a manner that the said bars will project equally at the oppositeedges of the said boards, as shown. in Figs. 2, S, and i. \Vith thisconstruction, when the sections of each side are placed edge to edge thecross-bars D E will fit in between the cross-bars B O, and the upperends of the boards A of the sections upon one side will fit into theangle between the boards and top crossbars of the sections upon theopposite side, as shown in Fig. 1. In the corresponding edges of theopposite sectionboards are formed notches F to receive the keys orlocking-bars G, the shoulders of the said notches F being so inclinedthat the loching-bars G will be horizontal, as shown on Fig. 1. Thelocking-bars G are made wlth shoulders H upon the lower sides of theirends, which shoulders are so inclined as to lit upon the outer surfacesof the boards A, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the cover will be heldfirmly in place by the outward pressure of the stack against the lowerparts of the coversections. To each sectionboard A is hinged a hook, I,to engage with a pin or staple, J, attached to the adjacentsection-board, so as to keep the sections in place laterally. Vith thisconstruction the cover will be put on and taken oil in sections, and maybe extended to any desired length.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A staclecovcr, constructed substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and consist ing of sections provided withprojectingcrossbars, the bars on adjacent sections being at differentdistances from the ends of the sections, said sections also having edgenotches to receive locking-bars, substantially as and tor the purposeset forth.

2. In a staclecover, the adjacent sectionboards A, having projectingcross-bars B C and D E at diilerent distances from their ends,substantially as herein'shown and described, so that the said projectingcross-bars will overlap each other and the section-boards, as set forth.

3. In a stack-cover, the combination, with the section-boards A, havingnotches F, with inclined shoulders in their corresponding edges, of thelocking-bars G, having inclined shoulders H, and the hooks I,substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said sectionswill be held securely in place, as set forth.

ALBERT COOLEY.

Vi tn csscs:

F. XV. Jonnson, PHILIP SMITH.

